The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office (MEO) marked another grim pandemic milestone this week. The MEO confirmed the county’s 12,000th death due to COVID-19 infection 20 months after the first fatal case of the virus was confirmed here. Since the beginning of the pandemic, 5,818 COVID-19 deaths have occurred in[Read More…]
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11/24/2021 | What You Need to Know Today
TOYS FOR TOTS – Get ready to donate unwrapped toys to help the village of Flossmoor to achieve the largest, single-day toy collection for Toys for Toys in Flossmoor history. Leave the packages at Park Place unwrapped for the collection on Saturday. DIST. 161 AWARDS – Parents, peers and students[Read More…]
Flossmoor looks to establish downtown TIF to help incentivize business development
A downtown Tax Increment Financing district may soon be established in Flossmoor in an effort to attract a prospective developer and assist existing ones. The village board voted unanimously Monday, Nov. 15, to authorize a study of a proposed redevelopment project area for a TIF district that could be finalized[Read More…]
Cook County commissioners approves $8B budget
The Cook County Board of Commissioners approved on Nov. 18 a balanced $8 billion FY2022 budget which aims to address the county’s ongoing pandemic response efforts while not increasing taxes or cutting critical services. The 17-0 vote follows a month of departmental hearings, commissioner questions and public meetings. “Strong financial[Read More…]
11/23/2021 | What You Need to Know Today
BUTTER RUN – Join H-F Racquet and Fitness Club for its 18th annual year of burning the post-Thanksgiving Day bloat with the Butterball Burner 5k Fun Run. No membership needed; all ages and abilities are welcome. 9 a.m. Friday. Register online. LEAF PICKUP – This is the final week of[Read More…]
183rd crash case continues, defendant faces 8 charges
A man facing charges for his role in a 2019 Homewood traffic crash at 183rd and Center that caused a fatality is no longer under electronic monitoring.
H-F Parks saves $1.21 million by refinancing long-term debt
The Homewood-Flossmoor Park District will save $1.21 million by refinancing short- and long-term debt. Aaron Gold of Speer Financial, Inc. told park commissioners at the Nov. 16 board meeting that the district’s bonds were sold the week of Nov. 8. “It was a very successful financing with low rates,” he[Read More…]
Homewood library employees get contract extension and raise
After all the acrimony and angst that went into getting a union contract for Homewood library staff members two years ago, approval of the contract renewal was uneventful. The seven-member library board unanimously approved the contract during its Nov. 17 board meeting. The union members had earlier approved the contract[Read More…]
H-F principal search process looking to January wrap-up
The search continues for the next principal of Homewood-Flossmoor High School. Although the board isn’t likely to meet its original December target, Superintendent-elect Scott Wakeley said he expects the board will finalize an appointment in January. BWP Consultants, which is leading the search, has posted the job on various websites[Read More…]
D233 property tax rebates will be $12 million by 2022
Homewood-Flossmoor District 233 has returned more than $8.5 million to taxpayers in property tax relief and expects to extend that number to $12 million. The board approved a motion at its Nov. 16 meeting to apply for a 2022 Property Tax Relief Grant. The state funding is meant to help[Read More…]
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